Prospects for an accessible and open version of Android?

[Linux for blind general discussion]

Thanks, I will indeed report.

Best,

Janina

Linux for blind general discussion writes:
> I will be happy to read about how this machine is for you.
> 
> > On Jun 24, 2020, at 7:08 AM, Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com> wrote:
> > 
> > OK, we're not quite communicating here.
> > 
> > System 76 systems come with Ubuntu 20.4 pre-installed. You want another
> > distro, you pop in a usb stick and go for it, or launch over ethernet.
> > 
> > Asking for optical drives is a losing proposition these days, afaik.
> > They're very yesterday.
> > 
> > I should be able to give yhou direct experience in a few weeks. I
> > ordered my fully loaded MeerKat earlier this week. Delivery is around 3
> > weeks.
> > 
> > Best,
> > 
> > Janina
> > 
> > Linux for blind general discussion writes:
> >> While a machine coming preloaded with Linux is nice and at least means
> >> not having to fight Microsoft's latest attempts to dig their claws in
> >> and make nuking the copy of Windows I didn't want and installing Linux
> >> harder and means a better than average chance the hardware is fully
> >> compatible with Linux and won't require proprietary drivers,
> >> personally, the more important issue is whether a machine is
> >> configured for optical and/or USB boot out of the box so I can just
> >> install whichever distro I want and configure it from scratch without
> >> the hassle of tracking down a monitor, a willing sighted assistent,
> >> and walking them through the process of fixing the boot order(because
> >> as hard as finding a sighted assistant is, finding one who actually
> >> knows their way around a BIOS is even harder).
> >> 
> >> So anyone know if System76 or any other pro-linux PC makers ship
> >> systems I can just pop an installation CD/DVD into and run an
> >> installer on first boot? Or have all of them followed the mainstream
> >> into the insanity of disabling all boottable devices that aren't the
> >> primary harddrive or placing them so low in the boot order they'll
> >> only boot if the system drive is borked?
> >> 
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> > -- 
> > 
> > Janina Sajka
> > 
> > Linux Foundation Fellow
> > Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup:	http://a11y.org
> > 
> > The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
> > Chair, Accessible Platform Architectures	http://www.w3.org/wai/apa
> > 
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Janina Sajka
https://linkedin.com/in/jsajka

Linux Foundation Fellow
Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup:	http://a11y.org

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
Co-Chair, Accessible Platform Architectures	http://www.w3.org/wai/apa